Award Date

5-15-2026

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Art

First Committee Member

Kay Leigh Farley

Second Committee Member

Michael Fong

Third Committee Member

Hikmet Loe

Fourth Committee Member

Dave Beisecker

Number of Pages

98

Abstract

read the fine print is a two-floor art installation that investigates how midcentury domestic ideology structured bodies, behavior, and perception through visual, spatial, and material systems. Rather than recreating a home interior, it examines how domestic order was engineered across the United States through color coding, planning diagrams, model environments, controlled decoration, and institutional messaging. The two-floor arrangement mirrors the operation of these systems across registers, moving from overt structures of order to quieter, often obscured consequences. By rendering policy, hierarchy, and expectation materially, the installation invites viewers to consider domesticity as a designed system: a set of practices, forms, and atmospheres that shaped movement, labor, and perception.

Controlled Subject

Art; Installations (Art); Exhibitions; Sex role

Disciplines

Art and Design | Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts | Painting | Sculpture | Women's Studies

File Format

PDF

File Size

37200 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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